A FOOTBALL legend will be in Brighton tomorrow for Pride.
Graeme Souness will take on the symbolic role as boss of ‘Proud United’ – leading a team of LGBTQ footballers from all over the nation at Brighton and Hove Pride parade.
The Liverpool legend and pundit joins Irish bookmaker Paddy Power to front their Come Out and Play campaign.
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Paddy Power created Proud United with a single goal: tackling homophobia in the world of football.
Right now there are no openly gay or bisexual players in the Premier League.
European Cup hero Souness is no stranger to championing diversity in football, having signed first black player (Mark Walters, 1987) to play for Rangers and the first Catholic (Mo Johnston) to the club exactly 20 years ago almost to the day.
A spokesperson for Paddy Power said: “Back in the late 1980’s Graeme Souness was at the height of his Rangers revolution and ‘I Should Be So Lucky’, by Kylie Minogue was No.1 in the charts.
Now for the first time ever, those two powerful forces - a singer from Down Under, and a one-time underdog – will both be at Brighton Pride to celebrate and support the LGBTQ community in their own respective way.
"We just hope Kylie’s the one in the gold hotpants."
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